Film or tape splicer apparatus
Abstract
Abstract TAPE SPLICER APPARATUS IN WHICH THE BUTTED ENDS OF TWO TAPES TO BE JOINED ARE HELD IN A FIXTURE. ALSO PROVIDED IS A RETRACTABLE SPLICER ASSEMBLY IN A POSTION NORMALLY RAISED ABOVE THE FIXTURE, THE ASSEMBLEY INCLUDING A DIE PLATE HAVING A DIE OPENING THEREIN AND A PUNCH ADAPTED TO ENTER THE OPENING. THE ARRANGEMENT IS SUCH THAT WHEN THE ASSEMBLY IS LOWERED OVER THE FIXTURE, THE DIE OPENING, WHOSE PROFILE CORRESPONDS TO THAT OF THE DESIRED SPLICING PIECE, LIES IN PRECISE REGISTRATION WITH THE BUTTED ENDS OF THE TAPES. EXTENDING THROUGH A CHANNEL PASSING OVER THE DIE OPENING IS AN ADHESIVE SPLICING TAPE WHICH IS TRANSPORTED INTERMITTENTLY BETWEEN A FEED ROLL DISPOSED ON ONE SIDE OF THE DIE PLATE AND A TAKE-UP ROLL DISPOSED ON THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF. ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPLICER ASSEMBLY IS AN OPERATING MECHANISM WHICH, WHEN ACTUATED, FIRST ACTS TO INDEX THE TAKE-UP ROLL TO PRESENT AN UNCUT SECTION OF THE SPLICING TAPE OVER THE DIE OPENINGS, AND THEN FUNCTIONS TO DRIVE THE PUNCH THROUGH THE DIE OPENING, THEREBY CUTTING A SPLICING PIECE FROM SAID SECTION AND PRESSING THE PIECE ONTO THE BUTTED ENDS OF THE TAPES.
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- 👤 Orlando Louis Seda
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